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10 U.S.C. § 1562 — Database on domestic violence incidents
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**(a) Database on Domestic Violence Incident.—** The Secretary of Defense shall establish a central database of information on the incidents of domestic violence involving members of the armed forces.
**(b) Reporting of Information for the Database.—** The Secretary shall require that the Secretaries of the military departments maintain and report annually to the administrator of the database established under subsection (a) any information received on the following matters:
(1) Each domestic violence incident reported to a commander, a law enforcement authority of the armed forces, or a family advocacy program of the Department of Defense.
(2) The number of those incidents that involve evidence determined sufficient for supporting disciplinary action and, for each such incident, a description of the substantiated allegation and the action taken by command authorities in the incident.
(3) The number of those incidents that involve evidence determined insufficient for supporting disciplinary action and for each such case, a description of the allegation.
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**(a) Database on Domestic Violence Incident.—** The Secretary of Defense shall establish a central database of information on the incidents of domestic violence involving members of the armed forces.
**(b) Reporting of Information for the Database.—** The Secretary shall require that the Secretaries of the military departments maintain and report annually to the administrator of the database established under subsection (a) any information received on the following matters:
(1) Each domestic violence incident reported to a commander, a law enforcement authority of the armed forces, or a family advocacy program of the Department of Defense.
(2) The number of those incidents that involve evidence determined sufficient for supporting disciplinary action and, for each such incident, a description of the substantiated allegation and the action taken by command authorities in the incident.
(3) The number of those incidents that involve evidence determined insufficient for supporting disciplinary action and for each such case, a description of the allegation.
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**(a) Establishment.—** There is in the Office of the Secretary of Defense an Office of Military Family Readiness Policy (in this section referred to as the “Office”). The Office shall be headed by the Director of Military Family Readiness Policy, who shall serve within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.
**(b) Duties.—** The Office—
(1) shall coordinate programs and activities of the military departments to the extent that they relate to military families; and
(2) shall make recommendations to the Secretaries of the military departments with respect to programs and policies regarding military families.
**(c) Staff.—** The Office shall have not less than five professional staff members.
**(d) Non-medical Counseling Services.—**
(1) In carrying out its duties under subsection (b), the Office may coordinate programs and activities to provide non-medical counseling services to military families through the Department of Defense Military and Family Life Counseling Program.
(2) A mental health care professional described in paragraph (3) may provide non-medical counseling services at any location in a State, the District of Columbia, or a territory or possession of the United States, without regard to where the professional or recipient of such services is located or delivery of such services is provided (including face-to-face and telehealth), if the provision of such services is within the scope of the authorized Federal duties of the professional.
(3) A non-medical mental health professional described in this subsection is a person who is—
(A) a currently licensed mental health care provider who holds a license that is—
(i) issued by a State, the District of Columbia, or a territory or possession of the United States;
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 1561b
signed to such installation, a civilian employee em-
ployed at such installation, a civilian spouse or inti-
mate partner of a member assigned to such installa-
tion, or a civilian spouse or intimate partner of a ci-
vilian employee employed at such installation be-
comes subject to a civilian protective order.
‘‘(2) A statement of policy that failure to register a
civilian protective order may not be a justification
for the lack of enforcement of such order by military
law enforcement and other applicable personnel who
have knowledge of such order.
‘‘(d) LETTER.—As soon as practicable after estab-
lishing the policies and procedures required by sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives a letter that includes the following:
‘‘(1) A detailed description of the policies and proce-
dures.
‘‘(2) A certification by the Secretary that the poli-
cies and procedures have been implemented on each
military installation.’’
§ 1561b. Confidential reporting of sexual harass-
ment
(a) REPORTING PROCESS.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 1561 of this title, the Secretary of Defense
shall prescribe in regulations a process by which
a member of an armed force under the jurisdic-
tion of the Secretary of a military department
may confidentially allege a complaint of sexual
harassment to an individual outside the imme-
diate chain of command of the member.
(b) RECEIPT
OF
COMPLAINTS.—An individual
designated and trained to receive complaints
under the process under subsection (a) shall—
(1) maintain the confidentiality of the mem-
ber alleging the complaint;
(2) explain to the member alleging the com-
plaint the different avenues of redress avail-
able
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